chord structure

collocation in English

meaningsofchordandstructure

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chord
noun[C]
uk
/kɔːd/us
/kɔːrd/
three or more musical notes played at the ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofchordandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The blues has it all; basic rhythmic quality, genuine lyric content, essential and basicchordstructureand maybe above all else, personality.
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The track consists of syncopatedchordstructure, tempo changes and lyrical rhymes.
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I changed parts of thechordstructureand chose to end on a major chord.
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Volk could notate, understoodchordstructure, and knew how to write charts.
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Crazy not only samples the song, but utilizes the parts of the main melody andchordstructure.
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The blues progression has a distinctive form in lyrics, phrase,chordstructure, and duration.
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At (5:14), the guitars suddenly turn distorted, repeating thechordstructureuntil (5:43), where one of the guitars plays a solo.
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Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventionalchordstructure.
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The musicians perform their music and then explain how their instruments fit into the rhythm,chordstructure, mood, or melody of a piece.
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Bowie had started with his ownchordstructurefor the song but wasn't happy with it, calling it ponderous and funereal.
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These early songs for communal singing were arguably the first examples of contemporary worship music, and were characteristically simple, often only involving a threechordstructure.
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Ono watched as he composed the melody,chordstructureand almost all the lyrics, nearly completing the song in one brief writing session.
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Practically we work on chord structures, etc., from 12-bar blues to modern musical trends.
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Most music can be arranged in the barbershop style, and there are many arrangers within the aforementioned societies with the skills to include the barbershopchordstructurein their arrangements.
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His vocal arrangements and chord structures were classic and instantly recognizable.
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It manifests the key relationships of the sonata's three movements, chord structures, and even shares some passages.
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He usually focused on creating his own chord structures and melodies using synthesizers, as opposed to relying on sampling the work of others.
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Everybody's ears need to be excited with fresh sounds, interesting chord structures, arrangements, and compositions.
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They open with a glissando ranging over two octaves in the treble voice which culminates in the statement of the main theme centered on two percussive chord structures.
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It was very melodic with chord structures that hadn't been used before and some of the sounds that we used on that album hadn't been heard at the time.
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